1920s TEAM CANADA JERSEY
THE 1919 WINNIPEG
GENERALSTRIKE
POST WW I FEELINGS
Soldiers arrived home from
WW I to find few support
services & few jobs,
Wartime workers faced low
wages (war wages) &inflation.
RESULTS
The turn to
communism
was more
about revolt
than actual
communism
30 000 people walked off the job and
fought for better wages, conditions, &
collective bargaining.
Ended with Bloody Saturday.
Anti – strikers feared the Red Scare
Demands for
wages,
conditions
& unions
ONE BIG UNION
Uniting all workers
to fight for rights.
Canada’s Economy
By mid 1920s Canadian industry improved.
- wheat
- pulp & paper
- mining
- forestry
- consumer goods
- hydro
Early 20s
Mid 20s
THE U.S.A. INVESTS IN CANADA
CANADIAN BOOTLEGGING
-U.S.A. replaced Britain as our largest
trade partner.
-Branch plants beat Canadian tariffs.
-The British tended to loan money
-‘The Big Three’ (GM/Ford/Chrysler)
-All of Canada switched to driving on the right.
-Primary vs Secondary Industry
-Canadian focus = raw resources
-American focus = secondary resources
-The U.S. made the real $$$$$
Canadian prohibition ended 1921.
U.S. prohibition ended 1933.
WCTU = prohibition
During WW I
Canada PM Jean Chretien
Has Canada truly
made a name
for itself?
British PM John Major (left), Chinese President Jiang Zemin
(second from left), and US President Bill Clinton (second from
right) watch a parade of veterans and troops in Moscow square
to commemorate the 50th anniversary of WW II.
“Man at right is unidentified”
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Lindberg
Stock Market
‘Buying On Margin’
Bush Pilots
Wilfrid “Wop” May
Two Way Radio
1920 Model T
The Flapper
FOR DISCUSSION
Hemlines! Stockings!
What scandalizes parents today?
1923 = First
Radio Broadcast
Frederick Banting
Insulin
ASSIGNMENT
DO – p. 70 #1-4
p.71 # 1-4
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy ran for magistrate/judge
but was excluded as by law not a
“person.” By 1929, the famous five
established women’s rights but the
reality was often different.
Supreme Court of Aberta => Yes to Murphy.
Supreme Court of Canada => No to “Persons”
Privy Council in Britain => Yes to “Persons”
Faced social & political restrictions Nelly McClung
- Homemakers
- secretaries/nurses etc.
- Despite WW I soldiers also not “persons.”
- paid less
-No right to provincial vote until 1949. Federal = 1960.
- gained franchise but jobs limited
- Agnes Macphail – 1st & only politician. - Residential schools and assimilation still encouraged.
-Enfranchisement – took away status.
- Banned cultural events ie. Potlatches.
-Struggled for Aboriginal Titles, cut-off lands/treaties, self-determination.
- Discouraged immigration.
- Blatant discrimination.
- Ed. Act 1918 separate Black schools
- British & American preference.
until 1954. (Nova Scotia)
- Restricted Asians.
- Acts of tolerance began.
- Labour = pro restrictions.
- City of Edmonton refused
- Business = anti restrictions (low wages)
- 1925 economy up and eased restrictions.
Vancouver 1925
pool bans.
Women’s Progress
The cartoon shown below appeared in
The Globe of January 18, 1924.
Questions
1. What message do you think the
cartoonist is trying to convey?
2. a. On which “step: do you think the
woman in the cartoon would standing
in 1895?
b. On which step would she be
standing in 1989?
3. What two changes in the laws of
Canada did women demand during
World War I?
4. Do you feel that women have:
more rights than men
the same rights as men
less rights than men
-THE MARITIMES
- small population = few seats.
-Business moving to central.
- demand for coal down.
-THE PRAIRIES
- frustrated with duties and tariffs.
- farmers wanted free trade & lower freight rates.
- set up own parties (“United Farmers Party” / Progressive Party)
-QUEBEC
-Fought to preserve culture.
- U.S. invested in Quebec => economy boomed.
1921 ELECTION
Mackenzie-King
Arthur Meighen
Liberal – compromise
-middle path
Conservative – principles
-offended people
-Cheap labour, pulp & paper, hydro, aluminum.
-WESTERN INTERESTS
- West felt East got all the benefits.
- Forests, mining, pulp,Vancouver port.
=> increased western powers
See regionalism cartoon on page 78.
Liberals won Canada’s first
Minority Gov’t
1. THE CHANAK CRISIS
-
Britain threatened Turkey over Chanak port.
Can. never ‘jumped’ => sent to parliament.
Crisis ended before Can. made a decision.
4. THE BALFOUR REPORT
- Made Can. an autonomous community
within the Brt. Empire.
(all other dominions as well)
Lord
Balfour
The Chanak Port would give
Turkey access to Europe
through the Black Sea.
2. THE HALIBUT TREATY
- Canada negotiated treaty with U.S.
- Mack.-King refused to let Britain sign
deal.
- first treaty signed and negotiated
by Can.
3. THE KING-BYNG CRISIS
-
5.THE STATUTE OF WESTMINISTER
- Turned the Balfour Report into law
in 1931.
- Officially made the Brt. Empire, the
Brt. Commonwealth.
- Can. became a country = to Britain.
Mack.-King wanted G.G. to dissolve
parliament & call an election to avoid scandal.
G.G. role diminished to a pawn.
PM King
G.G. Byng
(Minority Gov’t)
Note – Harper forced GG Jean to prorogue
parliament to avoid non-confidence
vote in 2008.
Note – BNA Act still in Brt. as the provinces
& Feds couldn’t agree on the
amending formula.
On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
Discuss the following statement.
“The 1920s were the most flamboyant time in history.”
ORGANIZATION
Intro. => Political, Social, Economic => Conclusion
Intro. => Agree / Disagree => Conclusion
Others???
ESSAY OUTLINE QUESTION
Introduction => Thesis Statement (3)
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Socially => ___________ ___________ __________
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Economically =>___________ ___________
_________ __________ ____________
Politically => ___________ ___________ __________
_________ __________ ___________
Conclusion=> One complete summary statement that ties in
the Great Depression. (3)
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